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According to the novels Simon Templar is a bit of an enigma, little is known about the character as to his past, but little is known about who he actually is. All that can be assumed from the novels by Leslie Charteris is that the character is a Robin Hood that stands for the good of justice but will take on a vigilante role if necessary. After the success of Roger Moore as Simon Templar, it was going to be difficult to top that with a new TV series ... ...1977, Producer of the original series, Robert S. Baker approached Sir Lew Grade to propose the return to TV of a well known character to the ITV schedules and later that year it was announced that a new series was indeed in production and would be broadcast across the ITV network during the autumn of 1978. The main question was who was going to play The Saint as Roger Moore had now become the new James Bond and would be unwilling to come back to ...
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